دمسنجه
Persian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]دم (dum, “tail”) + سنجـ (sanj-, “to sway, to swing, to weigh”), or with Sogdian 𐼼𐼷𐼿𐼰𐼸𐼳 (sycʾkh), 𐼼𐼷𐼿𐼰𐼸𐼸 (sycʾkk, “sparrow”), also contaminated into سیچغنه (sīčağna, sīčuğna, “sparrow-hawk”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [dum.san.d͡ʒa], [dum.sin.d͡ʒa]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | dumsanja, dumsinja |
Noun
[edit]دمسنجه • (dumsanja, dumsinja)[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29)[1] (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 164–165 Nr. 486, where due to parallel formations equated with wagtail (Motacilla alba)
- ^ Vullers, Johann August (1855) “دمسنجه”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum[2] (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 904